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FIFTY THREE

Author: Ember
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-29 19:31:35

KELLAN P.O.V

Today hit me harder than usual.

Maybe it's because my employees were giving me the side eyes ever since I haven't been able to concentrate properly and keep Lockra's growth going, or maybe it's because the Ashley-shaped hole in my heart throbs hard today.

Unbearably torturous.

Because today makes it five months since she left me. Five months of not truly living, but rather... existing. Five months of trying to ‘move on’ but realizing that my whole life is a circle, and no matter how hard I run, how frequently I buried myself in work, I'd always come back to the same place, and without Ashley, that place was not just empty. It was hell.

Agonizing, biting, and enough to make a grown man crumble. I’ve broken glass in my own home, downed whiskey like it might burn the pain inside me, I've expanded Lockra, bought more properties than I needed to fill the depthless void that was birthed the day Ashley left with July.

It's been five months and I'm already accepting the fact tha
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    KELLAN’S P.O.VShe caused everything.The cold wall outside Ashley's hospital room bit into my back as I watched the security officers I hired take their positions. Two stationed themselves outside her door. No one I didn't want to was getting close to Ashley and my daughter without my permission.My daughter.God, she was mine. She is mineAll this time, the child Ashley was carrying, caring for alone was mine. My own flesh and blood. My eyes prickled and a tight fist squeezed my heart, making breathing hard. I did, and would have loved that girl, but knowing that she's mine, changes everything.It changes everything.I was going to have a child. I closed my eyes tight just as pressure welled up in them again. Ashley had been asleep for hours. I spent those hours thinking, going over every time over the past few months where we had both hurt each other despite still being obviously in love with one another.I wanted it all to end. Even before coming back to Dallas, I wanted all thi

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    SEVENTY NINE

    ASHLEY’S P.O.VI had lost a baby once.Then, I heard this slow, ominous beeping sound too.Beep. Beep. BeepI'd never get to see that Baby.The world was blurry when I opened my eyes. The ceiling above me was pale white and too bright.A hospital.My throat was tight, and I tried to turn, to shake my head to the side, but I couldn't feel anything. Not my fingers or legs, not my stomach Or even..“My baby." The word tore out of my throat, making me wince as I did. I tried to lift my arms, to rub over the curve of my belly, to assure myself that my daughter was still there, that she hadn't gone too But I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't moveI didn't feel her moving inside me“My baby,” I whispered, warm tears trickling down my face. What had happened? What happened to my daughter? I was supposed to meet her in five weeksDid I lose her too?No, God couldn't be this cruel, right?A big warm hand covered mine. I felt strong, sturdy fingers slide into mine. I felt a loving brush on th

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    SEVENTY EIGHT

    ASHLEY'S P.O.VThe path he led us through was beautiful.Lined with flowers and soft grass, the scent of pine in the air. I didn't understand why Kellan was so tense. He's been like this since we woke up this morning.It's like something happened during the night that he didn't tell me.The last time I had seen Kellan this nervous was during our wedding, when I read my vows. Then, he watched me as if waiting for me to bail out and run away. I tried not to think of where he was leading us, or whatever was making him this taut. Kellan's steps were deliberately slow to keep with mine, his breath was ragged, like he was contemplating something, and even though he looked down at me and smiled every two seconds, I knew he was disturbed.The sky overhead was bright but not hot as we walked down the beautiful path, lined with trees and spring birds chipping in the air, and a house came into viewIt was beautiful.Surrounded by flowers and trees and soft grass that brushed my ankles, the hous

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    SEVENTY SEVEN

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  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    SEVENTY SIX

    ASHLEY'S P O VI forgot how chilly the cabin could be at night.Especially windy nights. Nights like these It was windy on our first night here too.“I've missed it here” Kellan muttered beside me, A soft smile broke through my face at the way he said those words. I adjusted my eyes to the faint glow of Gran's old lanterns. “Yeah?”Besides me, the bed dipped as he shifted to his side. I dragged my eyes away from the wooden ceiling and met his, in the dim light, Kellan's green eyes were darker, unguarded.Sparks shot through every nerve in my body, it's been months since we shared a bed. Months since I felt that living tension between us.Kellan propped his head on one hand, his elbow sinking into the mattress, studying me like he was trying to memorize my face in the half-light, I felt my heavy, tender breasts push against my nightdress. His eyes darkened a shade further, noticing too. “Yes,” I really love the quiet and the sound of the lake, plus...”My breathing fluttered when he

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    SEVENTY FIVE

    ASHLEY'S P.O.VSeb—Kellan's father, arrived a minute laterAfter a warm hug to me and an unreadable glance at Kellan, both men leaned by the wall and wordlessly stared at Gran's engagement ring like it might come to life.Despite myself, despite knowing that Seb was fully aware of Kellan's and my failing marriage, even though I was lying to Margery through my teeth, I smiled.I've never seen both men so fazed.Gran totally ignored them while she ushered me to sit down and gave me one of her crocheted throw blankets. The scent of butter and apple pie made my mouth water.Margery made the best pies.“That's too much” I protested when she kept heaping my plate like a mountain.Her lips pulled into a mock frown. “Too much? You're eating too much, Ashley."Pressure built behind my eyes, and I blinked it away, focusing on the food in front of me. Later I can wallow in guilt, but not now. Not here Gran threw a pointed look at Kellan, “You better be feeding my granddaughter-in-law well. I do

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